Noun: Bruno broo-now
- (Roman Catholic Church) a French cleric (born in Germany) who founded the Carthusian order in 1084 (1032-1101)
- Bruno of Cologne, Saint Bruno, St. Bruno
- German pope from 1049 to 1054 whose papacy was the beginning of papal reforms in the 11th century (1002-1054)
- Pope Leo IX, Leo IX, Bruno of Toul
- Italian philosopher who used Copernican principles to develop a pantheistic monistic philosophy; condemned for heresy by the Inquisition and burned at the stake (1548-1600)
- Giordano Bruno
Type of: Bishop of Rome, Catholic Pope, cleric, divine, ecclesiast, ecclesiastic, Holy Father, philosopher, pontiff, pope, Roman Catholic Pope, saint, Vicar of Christ
Encyclopedia: Bruno, Minnesota